Brassieres



Jan. 5, 1960 M, G|NGRA$ 2,919,698

BRSSIERES Filed NOV. 20, 1958 /NVENTOR I m maa-L Gmcms f'f/ 7 Wok/vvsUnited States Patent O BRASSIERES Marcel Gingras, Quebec, Quebec,Canada, assignor to Dominion Corset Company Limited, Quebec, Quebec,Canada Application November 20, 1958, Serial No. 775,237

1 Claim. (Cl. 128-489) This invention relates to improvements inbrassieres.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a comfortable fittingbrassiere in which the wast band underlying and joined to the breastpocket sections is designed to permit the brassiere to follow movementsof the wearer Without riding up on the body of the wearer or subjectingthe wearer to the sensation of compression.

More particularly, the invention consists, essentially, in the provisionof a brassiere in which the breast pocket sections are joined to anunderlying Waist band consisting of full length upper and lower wastband sections having different characteristics, the lower wast bandsection being made of inelastic material and the upper wast band sectionbeing made of one-way stretch elastic material sewn in place so that thedirection of stretch thereof is in the vertical direction of the garmentor mainly so. The ability of the brassiere to follow movements of -thewearer without riding up on the body of the wearer or subjecting thewearer to the sensation of compression is enhanced by reason of the factthat the two portions of the waist band underlying each breast pocketsection have their adjacent longitudinally extending edges joinedtogether along a line of juncture having substantially the configurationof a wide V. This configuration of the line of juncture between theupper and lower sections of the wast band pennits the breast pockets tohave limited lateral, as well as vertical, movement withoutuncomfortable restraint or displacement or riding-up of the lowersection of the wast band.

Proceeding now to a more detailed description of the invention,reference Will be had to the accompanying drawing, in which the singlefigure, Figure 1, is a front elevational view of a brassiere embodyingthe invention and shows the brassiere as it appears in a substantiallyflattened condition.

As shown in this drawing, my improved brassiere comprises breast pocketsections 5 which may be of any desired or conventional construction andmay be joined together at the center of :the brassiere in any approvedfashion. The breast pockets 5 are formed with convexly curved loweredges Sa which are joined to complementary concavely curved upper edges6 of a waistband, generally indicated at 7.

The waistband 7 extends entirely across the front of the brassiere tothe outer side edges of the breast pocket sections 5. The outer edge ofthe breast pocket section 5 and the end edges of the Waist band 7 arejoined to side members 8 which are adapted to be extended around thesides and back of the body of the wearer and fastened together at theirends by any suitable fastening means,

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such, for example, as the hook members 9 and the eye members 10diagrammatically indicated in the drawings.

As previously indicated, the main feature of the invention resides inthe construction of the wast band 7 which, as here shown, consists offull length upper and lower sections respectively indicated at 12 and13. The upper waistband section 12 is composed of material, usuallyreferred to as one-Way stretch materiaL which is elastically stretchablein one direction and is relatively non-stretchable in the otherdirection. This upper waistband section 12 is sewn in place so that, asindicated by the arrows 14, its direction of stretch is in the verticalvdirection of the garment or mainly so. The lower wast band section 13 ismade of inelastic material which is relatively non-stretchable in eitherthe vertical or circumferential direction of the garment. This lowerwaist band section 13 may be made of lace or any' other ordinary orsuitable material which is relatively non-stretchable.

The adjacent longitudinal edges of the two wast band sections 12 and 13are shaped and joined together to provide, beneath each of the breastpocket sections 5, a line of juncture 16 which has substantially theconfiguration of a wide shallow V. As previously stated, the verticalstretch characteristics of the upper waist band section 12 serve, inconjunction with the particular configuration of the line of juncturebetween the wast band sections 12 and 13, to permit the garment tofollow all movements of the wearer without riding up on the body of thewearer or subjecting the wearer to the sensation of compression.

In applying this invention to different types of brassieres, thedimensions of the component sections of the wast band, such, forexample, as the vertical dimensions of different portions of the upperwast band section 12 may be varied to ensure the desired eifect ofcomfort, balance and free movement without danger of the garment ridingup on the body'of the wearer. The same also applies to the verticaldimensions of the lower waist band section 13.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property orprivilege is claimed are defined as follows. v

I claim:

A brassiere, including breast pocket sections having their lower edgesjoined to a' waistband consisting of upper and lower waistband sectionsof different characteristics, the upper waistband section being made ofelastically stretchable one-way stretch material sewn in place so thatthe direction of stretch thereof is in the vertical direction of thegarment, or mainly so, and the lower waistband section being made ofmaterial which is relatively non-stretchable in both the vertical andcircumferential directions of the garment, said portions of the upperand lower sections of the waistband underlying each breast pocket havingtheir adjacent longitudinal edges joined together along a line ofjuncture' having substantially the 'configuration of a wide V so thatthe greatest vertical stretch of said upper section is from the point ofthe V to a point thereabove along the juncture of the breast pocket andsaid upper section.

Mason Mar. 23, 1937 Spetalnik July 17, 1951

